Workshop on the measurement of poverty and inequality

On 28 October 2024 from 09:00 to 17:15

The Institute for Fiscal Studies

The IFS is organising a workshop on on the measurement of poverty and inequality.

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Thank you for your interest in this workshop, all spaces are now fully booked. 

 

The Institute for Fiscal Studies is organising this workshop on the measurement of poverty and inequality, funded by the ESRC Centre for Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy. Please see below for the programme outline.  

Programme

8.45 Registration  
 Session 1: Inflation 
9.00 Distributional price indicesXavier Jaravel (LSE)
9.50 Cheapflation and the rise of inflation inequalityTao Chen (UCL/IFS)
10.40 Tea and Coffee Break  
 Session 2: Measuring inequalities 
11.00Immigration and income inequality: evidence from 13 European and North American countriesJonathan Cribb (IFS)
11.50Gender Inequality Within and Across Households in the UK, 1978 to 2019Valerie Lechene (UCL/IFS)/ Heidi Karjalainen (IFS)
12.40Lunch Break  
 Session 3: Intergenerational issues and welfare 
13.20Childhood Welfare Exposure and Economic Outcomes in Early AdulthoodJames Ziliak (Kentucky)
14.10The Effect of Reducing Welfare Access on Employment, Health, and Children’s Long-Run OutcomesDavid Green (UBC)
15.00Sources of Generational Persistence in Education and IncomeMarianne Page (UC Davis)
15.50 Tea and Coffee Break  
 Session 4: Poverty 
16.10Panel discussion: Current issues in the measurement of povertyJames Ziliak (Kentucky); Thomas Wernham (IFS); Ranil Dissanayake (CGDEV)

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